Winter Feedings

by Edward Ahern

The bread scattered for house sparrows
is plucked by a murder of crows.
The peanuts strewn for the squirrels
is absconded with by blue jays.
Table scraps left out for the possums
is (judging by odor) eaten by skunks.

My chosen dinner guests get hungrier
while the party crashers feast al fresco,
reminiscent of family gatherings,
corporate outings and vacations
where the ill-favored unwanted
drain the bar and gobble the desserts.